Luggage-fastener.



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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent/ed iliullly 2, ibid..

Application filed May 1917. Serial No. 167,194.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. BRAWNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Luggage-Fastener, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices of the character designed forfastening luggage or parcels inplace as, for instance, on the step orrunning board of a vehicle.

An object of this'invention is to produce a device of-this character ofthe greatest simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction, also one inwhich it will be easy to fasten the luggage.

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vformer invention of This device is an improvement on vmy June 6, 1916,No.' 1,185,763. in the former patent notches and a detent were providedto prevent relative movement between the bar and the adjustable U-shapedclamping ,memben In this present device other means are provided toprevent movement of the clamping member away from the bar, said meansbeing formed by the strap which en circles the luggage.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the subjoincd detaildescription.

The accompanying drawingsl illustrate' the invention Figure 1 is a sideelevation of :u vehicle having two of the newlyinvented devices in placeon the running board thereof, luggage held by the fasteners also beingshown.

Fig. Qis an enlarged side elevation of one of the luggage fastenersshown in F ig. l, the strap being in the luggage-liolding position. i

Fig.- 3 is an enlarged plan view of the lug` gage fastener shown in Fig.Q, portions of the strap being broken away to contract the view. l Fig.4 is a perspective view of the-luggage fastener, the strap being omittedfor clcarness of illustration.

Fig. 5 is a` side elevation analogous to Fig. 2 of a modification of theinvention.

Fig. l is a. detail partly in section on line indicated by Fig. 5.'

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of the, outer cnd'of theadjustable'clampand adjacent parts in Fig. 5, the buckle and abutmentbeing shown in section.,

'ihere is provided a bar l which is prei"- erabl y fiat ae shown'und isdesigned to rest parcel holder patentedj upon a .support such, forexample as the running board Al or any bar 1 is upturned said armportion is carried an adjustable clamping screw ,4. The screw 4 isformed with an enlarged head 5 desi ned to en e g gag the under face ofthe running board A or other portion of the vehicle or support to whichthe device is attached so as to clamp the bar l thereto. The end of thescrew opposite the head is provided with a handle 6 whereby the screwmay be readily turned to tighten it against the running board.

Extending from opposite edges of the bar l at the end thereof having theclamping member 3 are ears 7, the plane of said ears coinciding with theplane of thebar 1 so that the upper face of the bar 1 is dat from the.upturned endv to the end having said ears. These ears 7 slidably receivethe arms of an extensible U-shaped clamping member 8 which may be formedof heavy wire or the-like. The clamping member 8 is shiftable endwiserelative to the bar 1, and the plane in which the arms of said clampingmember lie coincides with the plane of said bar. The web portion 9 ofthis clamping member 8 is directed upwardly at right angles to the armportions to form an inverted U-shaped luggage-engaging abutment. Theupturncd end l0 having the eye.. 2 also forms a luggage-engagingabutment.

To theabntment 9 of the clamping member 8 is secured a strap 11 formedof webbing, leather or other suitable material and said strap is rovethrough a buckle 12 and thence through the U-shapcd abutment 9 so as toform a loop 13 between the buckle and the abutment.

` strap extends lengthwise of the upper face of the bar l in a straightportion 14 which rests upon and substantially covers the upper face ofthev bar thus insuring against marring of the luggage or parcels held inthe device. From the straight portion 14a the strap 1l passes throughthe eye 2 of the uptnrned portion l0 and from said eye the `'othersuitable part' vof a vehicle to which the luggage is to be 2 and theopposite ,l

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From the abutment 9 the v lilith strap passes along one edge and the topof the luggage, indicated at B in Fig. 1, and passes along the oppositeside of the luggage and thence through the buckle 12 sovas tened is muchmore easily and quickly acto be engaged by the tongue 15 of said bucklein a manner well understood.

In practice one or more of the dey'ices will be clamped upon the runningboard A of the vehicle as shown in Fig. 1 so that the bar 1 will extendtransversely of vthe running board, or upon any other suitable part ofthe vehicle and the luggage B or other articles to be held will beplaced upon the bar 1 against the abutment 10 so that the weight of theluggage aids in holding the bar in place. The clamping member 8 havingpreviously been drawn out will be forced in so that the abutment 9 willengage the luggage. At the same time the strap 11 will be drawn uptightand fastened in the' buckle 12 in a manner well understood.

It is noted that when the luggage is thus fastened in place the tendencyof the pull of the strap 11 is t0 force the abutment 9 toward the bar 1and that said abutment cannot be moved away from the luggage because ofthe portion 14 of the strap being rove through the clamping member andthrough the eye 2. Thus the clamping member S is held without theprovision of the ,not-ches and detent disclosed in the above notedpatent. Thus not only is this device simpler and cheaper to manufacturethan the former patented device but the adjustment thereof to theluggage to be fascomplished.

It is understood that changes of construetion from that described abovemay be made Within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined inthe appended claims.

In the form of the invention in Figs. 1 to 4 the strap 11 is notfastened to the buckle 12 but is only fastened to the abutment t) "sothat the buckle is slidable along the strap and shortening oftheadjustable .loop 13 can .goecur to take un the slack in the strapportion 14 when the clamping'member 3 is pushed inward toward theluggage.

In. the form of the invention in Figs.

5 'to 7 the strap 11 is fastened to the buckle, '12 by reason of itbeing fast in the loop 1i',

which is secured on both sides of the abut nient 9 by rivets 1G so thatslack can only be taken up in the strap 11, when the clamp ing member 3is pushed inward toward tho luggage, by drawing the strap 1l through theeye 2 to take up the slack in the Istrap portion 1l. 'Though genericallythe invcntion covers thisI form as well as that in Figs. 1 to 1, thelatter is preferable.

l claim:

1. A luggage fast-euer comprising a tlat bar having an eye at one endand having ears extending laterally from its edges adja cent theopposite end, a clamping member having straight arms shftably engagingthe ears, means connected with the bar to fasten the bar to a support, abuckle, and a strap rove through the clamping member between the armsthereof and through the eye and lying on the upper face ofvthe bar amlfastened to the clamping member and form-- ing.a 1oop.rove through thebuckle.

.2.. A luggage fastener comprising a tlat bar having an eye at one endand having ears extending laterally from its edges adjacent the oppositeend, a clamping member having straight arms shiftably engaging theAears, means connected with the bai' to fasten the bar to a support, abuckle, and a strap rove through the clamping member lmtween the armsthereof and through the eye and lying on the upper face of the bar andfas tened to the clamping member and forming a loop rove through thebuckle, the buckle being slid-able along the strap.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this Qd dayof May, 1917.

CHARLES ROBERT BRAW N 1Gb.

Witnesses 1 GEORGE H. Hnins, A. F. SGHMin'rnaincn.

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